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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7152517 | Defensive shield A defensive shield for a ship has a support arm, pivotally mounted to a ship, and a shield pivotally mounted to one end of the support arm. The support arm is movable between a retracted position and a plurality of deployed defensive positions. In the deployed posit... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7040938 | Armored foldaway inflatable floating device Disclosed is an AFIFD mounted on the front surface and both side surfaces of an amphibious vehicle to provide additional buoyancy. The AFIFD allows safe swimming of the amphibious vehicle, provides rapidity through automated folding and unfolding processes. The AFIF... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6508193 | Shielding device for protection of floaters of an inflatable boat A device for shielding floaters of an inflatable boat includes shielding plates for fastening in a juxtaposed arrangement to external faces of the floaters along their entire length and made of a light material which is resistant to the impacts of ordnanc... | 01/21/2003 |
| 4879165 | Lightweight armor Lightweight armor or high impact structures comprising lamina-like structures comprising zones of decreasing Young's modulus and increasing elongation characteristics. The structure contains at least one ionomer composite having aramid or linearly crystal... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4732803 | Light weight armor Light weight armor comprising lamina-like structures arranged with zones of decreasing Young's modulus and increasing elongation characteristics. The structure contains at least one composite having fibers arranged to dissipate impact forces laterally.... | 03/22/1988 |
